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Lela Hudson Memorial Garden

Lela Hudson Memorial Garden from directly overhead

Lela Hudson Memorial Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is White Salmon Centennial Time Capsule, a historic site 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.73211, -121.48390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Rheingarten Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Cemetery: 0.3 mi
  • The Little City Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mamie and Francis Gaddis Park: 0.3 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Strawberry Mountain: 0.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Burdoin Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Panorama Point: 3.2 mi
  • Green Mountain: 3.4 mi
Springs
  • Sanford Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Bachelor Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Burlingame Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Lelliot Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Mosier Springs: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Husum Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Little Maui Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 34
Cliffs: 21
  • Coyote Wall: 4.2 mi
  • Wankers Columns: 4.8 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 5.4 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 5.6 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 12
Attractions: 8
  • The Henderson Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 4.4 mi
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 9.6 mi
  • Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 16.0 mi
  • Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Marina Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Creek Beach: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ice Cave Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
  • Hemlock Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Lela Hudson Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceWSW 243°1,504 m12.9 mi
Little Huckleberry MountainNW 315°1,457.2 m15.0 mi
Green Point MountainWSW 242°1,443.8 m15.7 mi
Guler MountainNNW 346°1,288 m14.0 mi
Big Huckleberry MountainWNW 299°1,283 m16.5 mi
Monte CristoNNW 340°1,271.3 m12.8 mi
Monte CarloNNW 337°1,224 m10.5 mi
Mann ButteNNW 332°1,211.9 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1720:1421:00
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4515:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363944505762696962514135
Precip in5.23.53.21.81.30.80.20.20.72.64.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California poppy39 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay25 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue25 obs
  • purple loosestrife24 obs
  • Oregon oak18 obs
  • Great Blue Heron15 obs
  • tree-of-heaven14 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/696784748

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